usbboot.img on slackware64-current
 

Regarding the latest update to -current, I decided to test installing it on a laptop from a usb stick (as I've done may times before). However this time the usb stick fails to boot as usual, hanging with the message "Could not find kernel image: linux". This isn't a problem with the usb stick, since if you mount the usbboot.img file as a loop device there is only 1 file on there, "ldlinux.sys", where you would usually find huge.s, initrd.img etc.

Have tried the 64-bit usbboot.img file from a couple of different mirrors and the result is the same. Have also looked in the usbboot.img from the 32-bit -current... this shows the usual set of files so looks to be OK.

Can someone else confirm this is the case?

Yes, I can confirm this. The image for 32-bit current shows all files if mounted, the image for 64-bit current only ldlinux.sys. Mirror I've used: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/slackware/...

Markus

Thanks markush!

Pat: I realise "The cave is now closed", but please fix this before 13.37 is released. Otherwise, installing slackware64 from a usb stick is not possible!

Also confirmed here. sourced from the tds mirror.

Yeah, the 64bit version seems to be largely empty... only contains a single file. I guess it will be fixed soon by Pat.

Eric

Wonder if he forgot to load the newly modularised loop device when building it. That might explain why it only contains the ldlinux.sys.

There are still several more moves after the cave closes before the game is won. ;)

Yes, this will be fixed right away.